SAN ANTONIO — Cruising Kitchens, a fabricator of food trucks and mobile offices, will open a 61,000-square-foot production facility in San Antonio on May 18. The facility will be located at 2100 Mannix Drive near the San Antonio International Airport on the city’s north side, and will include an interactive lobby, viewing windows and a showroom.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Ziff Properties has acquired Garlington Park in Greenville for $5.2 million. The four-building business park comprises office, flex and warehouse space and totals 119,734 square feet. Land Development Inc. sold the property, and The Whitmire Co. and SVN BlackStream arranged the transaction. The buildings were constructed between 2001 and 2008. Garlington Park is home to tenants such as Grey Eagle Traders, Pompeii Motorsports and Fabrico Inc.
FRANKLIN PARK, ILL. — Darwin Realty has brokered the sale of a 5,000-square-foot industrial building in Franklin Park for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 9129 Belden Ave. Amish Farmers, an organic foods retailer, purchased the property with expansion plans. The company, which sells meats, produce and other groceries, will use the property for warehouse space to supplement its retail outlet. Rollo Dace of Darwin represented the seller, Carbonara Enterprises.
PLAINVIEW, TEXAS — Lonestar Dirt & Paving has broken ground on The Plainview-Hale County Business Park, a 140-acre industrial development in Plainview, a city in West Texas roughly midway between Lubbock and Amarillo. The rail-served site, which is located along the Interstate 27 corridor, formerly housed a beef packing plant that closed in 2013. The timetable for completion of the project, which officially broke ground on Monday, April 23, is nine months.
FEDERAL WAY, WASH. – The Andover Co./CORFAC International has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 2835 S. 344th St. in Federal Way, about 22 miles south of Seattle. Khalsa Gurmat Center purchased the 10,578-square-foot building from Federal Way Campus LLC for an undisclosed price. Brian Bruinink, Mike Hemphill and Jim Bisset of Andover/CORFAC represented the seller, while Jeff Crane, also with Andover/CORFAC, represented the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Investment and development company Equilibrium Equities has acquired a 270,000-square-foot distribution center at 340 Upper Oakwood Ave. in Elmira Heights for an undisclosed price. The multi-tenant property was constructed in 1962 as a grocery distribution warehouse and includes 45 tailgate loading doors and a clear height of up to 28 feet. Equilibrium acquired the property from a former owner of Horwitz Paper, which was a large wholesale distributor of paper products and janitorial supplies that acquired the building in 2001. The facility will be rebranded by Equilibrium as the Victory Business Center. Michael Manzari of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. At the time of sale, the property was 70 percent leased.
BOWIE, MD. — MRP Industrial has signed La-Z-Boy to a 220,800-square-foot, full-building lease at 16101 Queen’s Court, located within Bowie’s Collington Park industrial development. Delivered in 2016, the facility is located roughly 18 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. The national furniture manufacturer will transfer its distribution and logistics operation, currently located in Odenton, Md., to the new facility this fall. Lisa Goodwin of MRP Industrial and Lance Schwarz of NAI Michael arranged the lease on behalf of the building owner, a partnership between MRP Industrial and AEW Capital Management LP. Rob Tamillo, Zak Mirkowski, Todd Hughes and Greg Ferraro of JLL represented La-Z-Boy. Situated on 13 acres, 16101 Queen’s Court features 32-foot clear heights, 40 dock doors, two overhead drive-in doors, a 185-foot truck court and seven-inch, unreinforced concrete flooring. La-Z-Boy currently operates five manufacturing plants and six regional distribution centers throughout the country. The Bowie location will contain manufacturing, delivery and repair services, and will also offer customers the option to pick up furniture purchases instead of having their orders delivered.
FORT MILL, S.C. — Crescent Communities has sold Lakemont East, a 201,758-square-foot industrial building in Fort Mill, a South Carolina suburb of Charlotte. Hartz Mountain Industries Inc. acquired the newly constructed building for $12.7 million, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Patrick Gildea of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of Crescent. Lakemont East was developed in collaboration with architectural firms Merriman Schmitt and Gensler. The building is located within Crescent’s Lakemont Business Park, an 864-acre, planned industrial development. In December, Crescent unveiled plans to develop a 345,000-square-foot, build-to-suit manufacturing and distribution facility for toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker at the park. The firm expects to wrap up construction on the building in the third quarter.
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $4.8 million loan for the refinancing of a 145,063-square-foot industrial property in Chesterfield Township, about 30 miles north of Detroit. An undisclosed tenant occupies the building. David Dismondy of Bernard arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, 50625 RWB LLC. Genworth Life Insurance Co. provided the loan.
PONTIAC, MICH. — Marmo Mecccanica NA has purchased a 13,519-square-foot industrial building in Pontiac for an undisclosed price. The company, which specializes in the manufacturing of edge polishing and bridge cutting machines used in granite fabrication, will relocate to the space at 1590 E. Highwood Blvd. Built in 1990, the building features overhead cranes and a flexible floor plan to accommodate expansion. Tom Jablonski of L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International represented Marmo Meccanica in the sales transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
